He was born in new york city and attended the city college of new york and new york university school of medicine, later choosing to do medical research instead of becoming a practicing physician. Jonas salk jonas salk jonas salk jonas salk jonas salk jonas salk jonas salk. Through striking blackandwhite images and rich color photographs, readers will learn about salk s family background, childhood, education, groundbreaking research, and creation of the polio vaccine. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Jonas salk is one of the most famous and revered figures of the twentieth century. Jonas salk discoverer of the first polio vaccine biography. The authoritative account of one of the twentieth centurys most importantand controversialscientists when a waiting world learned on april 12, 1955, that jonas salk had successfully created a vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis, he became a hero overnight. Biography nonfiction, 1,745 words, level y grade 5, lexile 1030l multilevel book also available in levels z1 and z2. Conquering polio is a very wellwritten biography of jonas salk and his quest to create a killed virus polio vaccine. Jonas salk october 28, 1914 october 28, 1995 was an american medical researcher and physician. It is quite fascinating and really held my sons attention ages 8 and 10.
Jonas salk presents him as more complicated and interesting than his public image as the conqueror of polio. Salk visited jonas salk middle school right here in old bridge, new jersey, to dedicate our school in 1973. What jonas salk would have said about covid19 thehill. He was the developer of the first effective vaccine to prevent polio. Being is described as mans instinct, while ego is mans desires.
A life by charlotte decroes jacobs 2015, hardcover at the best online. The book can also be used to teach students the elements of. Human evolution, human beings, self philosophy, wisdom, philosophy of nature, population dynamics. The polio vaccine was developed through the painstaking work of jonas salk and public efforts to fund research. The books discusses and pros and cons of killed and live attenuated viruses. When a waiting world learned on april 12, 1955, that jonas salk had succ. The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success, salk later said. Jonas edward salk was an american physician, medical researcher and virologist who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. Jonas salk makes his case for the balance of being and ego. Jonas salk, american physician and medical researcher who developed the first safe and effective vaccine for polio. The story of jonas salk and the discovery of the polio vaccine cornerstones of freedom. In the years that followed, polio incidence in the united states fell from 18 to less than 2 cases per 100,000 people.
The book and lesson are also available for levels y. A life, charlotte decroes jacobs looks at the life and career of the man who developed the first polio vaccine. Jonas edward salk, 191495, american physician and microbiologist, b. The book can also be used to teach students the elements of a biography and the proper use of hyphenated compound adjectives.
Jonas salk hardcover charlotte decroes jacobs oxford. Jacobs, a professor emerita of medicine at stanford, neatly splits jonas salk into two acts. Two years later, he was granted a fellowship at the university of mi. Despite his incredible success in developing the polio vaccine, salk was ostracized by his fellow scientists, who accused him of failing to give proper credit to other researchers and scorned his taste for media attention. Abraham verghese, author of cutting for stone and professor and doctor of medicine, stanford university school of medicine. The jonas salk elementary schools professional staff is committed to creating an environment which emphasizes quality learning and mutual respect. It explains the steps used to determine the different strains of the virus and then develop the killed and live vaccines. A biography of jonas salk, the first man to develop a vaccine against polio and a popular hero. Jonas salk and the conquest of polio is a wonderful book. It is a window into the relationship between science and society. Jonas salk, who led the team that developed the polio vaccine, was my father. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.
The medical biography benefits from jacobs experience as a doctor and professor of medicine at stanford university. Charlotte decroes jacobs is a polio pioneer one of the first children to get the polio vaccine, a doctor, and a woman characteristics that give this book a unique insight into how horrifying polio was, the medical significance of what salk did, as well as an unflinching description of salk s personal life. The book is well written, the writing style is engaging and informative. He began an internship as a physician scientist at mount sinai hospital in new york city in 1939. This is the first full account of jonas salk s 19141995 life ever published. Welcome to friendly what are you looking for book jonas salk. This is a book of its time 1983, and its interesting to read with the internet looming up behind it. When a waiting world learned on april 12, 1955, that jonas salk had. In an appended acknowledgement chapter, the author relates how she became personally attracted to the medium of biography and how she developed her talent for it. Salk book richly detailed the san diego uniontribune. In the 1968 book by the overseas press club, he was named as one of the twelve heroes of our time along with winston churchill, mahatma gandhi, franklin roosevelt, eleanor roosevelt and eight other people.
This book is a brilliant, redesigned, reformulated effort by jonathan salk and david dewane of jonas vision of patterns in nature and their application to humanitys future. This is the first full account of jonas salk s life ever published. List of books and articles about jonas salk online research. The spring and summer of 1953 was terrifying for parents in the united states. A biography of jonas salk, the first man to develop a vaccine against polio. Discover librarianselected research resources on jonas salk from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines. Its hard to imagine a better biographer for jonas salk. Click read now pdf download, get it for free, register 100% easily. In the first complete biography of jonas salk, charlotte decroes jacobs unravels salks story to reveal an unconventional scientist and a misunderstood and vulnerable man.
The battle against polio, will introduce young readers to one of the epic efforts of the 20th century. The first book by the renowned research physicianbiologist, developer of the salk antipolio vaccine, is intended to suggest how ways of thinking that make use of the extensive biological knowledge at the molecular, cellular, and organismic levels we have acquired during recent decades can be extended and applied to some of the vital social, psychological and ethical. Salk has stretched an interesting essay into a rather longwinded book. The story of jonas salk is an endlessly fascinating one and in charlotte jacobss capable hands this will be a winner and an important book. In 1942 at the university of michigan school of public health, he became part of a group that was working to develop a. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. In this book, students are invited to take part in a discussion about the history of vaccines, social policy and medical ethics. When a waiting world learned on april 12, 1955, that jonas salk had successfully created a vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis, he became a hero overnight.
His contention is that man is at a dividing point in terms of his cultural and biological evolution, the alternatives being maximizing selfexpression and selfrestraint. In 1954, clinical trials using the salk vaccine and a placebo began on nearly two million american schoolchildren. While serving as the head of the virus research lab at the university of pittsburgh, salk discovered and perfected the first vaccine found to be safe and effective in preventing polio or infantile paralysis, one of the mostfeared and crippling diseases of the. Jacobs wrote a sympathetic narrative but did reveal the strengths and weakness of jonas salk from his extreme shyness to his idealism. This is an excellent biography of jonas salk the man. The survival of the wisest by jonas salk goodreads. Jonas salk a short biography for kids by jonathan madden. He continued to conduct research and publish books, and his last years were spent searching for a vaccine against. As might be expected, the book is largely in two parts. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in vaccines or salk. Salk s vaccine was released for use in the united states in 1955. The first is a vivid if by now familiar retelling of salk s early life, medical training. The battle against polio reading for fun and comprehension.
A new reality book by jonas salk, jonathan salk, david. Based on unprecedented access to salk s sealed archives and hundreds of personal interviews conducted by the author. Almost overnight, he became a hero to an appreciative public, and his legacy survives to this day. The first 214 pages cover salks early life and the work with polio.
This biography examines the remarkable life of jonas salk using easytoread, compelling text. Born in a new york tenement, humble in manner, salk had all the makings of a twentiethcentury icona. Jonas salk provides students an indepth look into both dr. Welcome to friendly what are you looking for book jonas salk revised edition.
Jonas salk was born october 28, 1914, in new york city. Jonas salk 19141995 is well regarded as the scientist who developed a vaccination for polio 1955 and founder of the salk institute for biological studies. In the first complete biography of jonas salk, charlotte decroes jacobs unravels salk s story to reveal an unconventional scientist and a misunderstood and vulnerable man. List of books and articles about jonas salk online. A life book online at best prices in india on amazon. Jonas salk salk, jonas used books, rare books and new books. You can read all your books for as long as a month for free and will get the latest books notifications. It validates his concept of epoch b and his creation of the epoch b foundation of which i.
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